UP ahead against Baroda

Nasik, Dec 9 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh managed a slender first-innings lead and then raced to 117 for no loss in the second innings of their Group A Ranji Trophy cricket match against Baroda here today. In reply to UPs 481, Barodas first innings ended on 458 after a late resistance at the Golf Club Ground. Barodas last five wickets added 307 runs, but couldnt succeed in getting them the first-innings lead. Baroda had been steadied by a 91-run stand between Kedar Devdhar and Irfan Pathan overnight, after having fallen to 151 for five. The pair added a further 53 in the morning session on day three before Pathan was dismissed for a 98-ball 81. Devdhar eventually fell for 157, after adding 53 with left-arm spinner Swapnil Singh, who went on to make a career-best 95 as he added 97 with Sagar Mangalorkar(34) for the eighth wicket. However, Kuldeep Yadav dismissed both of them in a space of four overs before a run-out ended Barodas innings. UPs openers, Shivam Chaudhary (55 batting) and Almas Shaukat (61 batting), put on an unbroken 117 to take them to stumps with a 140-run lead. PTI AH AH

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